You will be required to put in your Accounts Home Office Reference Number when you intend to make PAYE payments to the HMRC. When you register yourself as an employer, HMRC will issue you a letter, confirming above and granting you your unique accounts home office reference number. The same number will be found on the front of your payment booklet.
Home Office Reference Number
Accounts Home Office Reference Number is typically a thirteen digit number that will look somewhat like:
123PA12345678
The first three digits are your tax office code. This is followed by two alpha characters and then eight numeric characters. Please note that if you have not received your Accounts Office Reference Number, you will be unable to complete your system setup of registering yourself as an employer. This home office reference number will also be quoted on majority of your communications; either letter or electronic, with HMRC.
In case, you are calling HMRC for any queries about a particular employee or any issues regarding your PAYE account, you will be asked to give in your HMRC accounts office reference as a security check. Make sure you have the number in front of you before you call the tax man. This home office reference number helps HMRC to match your PAYE payments your PAYE account.
Failure of Real Time Information (RTI)
Make sure that whenever you are quoting or typing your Accounts Home Office Reference Number, you do not add in any spaces or give a wrong number. Any mistake will delay your payments to HMRC and result in gross penalties and charges for you. Incorrect information leads to failure of Real Time Information (RTI) submissions and creates confusions at HMRC side.
Do not confuse accounts home office reference number with UTR. Unique taxpayer reference or UTR is a ten digit number that you will get when you register for self assessment or establish a limited company. You will find your UTR on SA250; the welcome letter sent by HMRC. Where accounts office reference identifies what you do with your PAYE account, UTR identifies everything that you do with your taxes.
PAYE Reference Checker
You can also use HMRC UTR employer PAYE reference checker to verify your UTR and accounts home office reference number that is registered with your name, address, email ID, telephone contacts and other personal details. Make sure you always have your UTR and accounts office reference numbers handy with you.
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